1.   It would be surprising if prolonged periods of psychological morbidity are not reflected in Declining physical health.

2.   It dismisses suggestions that acid rain is a key factor in declining tree health.

3.   An overweight widower in declining health, he lives alone, walks with a cane, treats himself to good cigars and sugars his lemonade liberally.

4.   He had been in declining health for several months, said a granddaughter, Anne Hamilton.

5.   He had been in declining health for some time and had lapsed into a coma, said his son, Edwin Irby Hatch Jr. of Bainbridge Island, Wash.

6.   He had been in declining health for several years, said a son, Thomas Dickey of Lincoln University, Pa.

7.   He had been in declining health in recent months, said a grandson, Robert Getz.

8.   Hines had been bed-ridden and in declining health since breaking several ribs in a fall last Christmas.

9.   Meanwhile, legislation to deal with declining forest health and rising fire risks in many western forests has been sidetracked.